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J, G. PIERSON.

TOBACCO BOX.

No, 387,694. Patented Aug. 14, 1888.

UNITED STATES PATENT Erica.

JOHN G. PIERSON, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF 'lO DAVID L.PROUDFIT, OF SAME PLACE.

TOBACCO-BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 387,694, dated August14, 1888. Application filed August 20, 1887. Serial No. 247,493. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN G. PIERSON, of New York, in the county andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inTobacco-Boxes, of which the following is a specification. My improvementrelates to boxes designed for containing tobacco, but principallysmokiug-tobaccosuch, for instance, as cigars or IO cigarettes; butordinary smoking-tobacco may be contained therein.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side View of a tobacco-boxembodying my improvement with flap raised. Fig. 2 is (5 an end Viewthereof with the flap down over the front of the box. Fig. 3 is aperspective View of a receptacle for the tobacco removed from the caseor shell in which it is ordinarily contained.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates a case or shell, consisting of a front, 1, back 2, top 3,and bottom 4.. As here shown, said case orshell is approximately 3 5rectangular. It is shown as having both of its ends open; but it neednot necessarily have but one end open. It may be made of any suitablematerial; but I prefer to construct it of paper or paperboard.

B designates a receptacle for matches. As here shown, such receptacle isin the form of a pocket, and is secured upon the front of the caseorshell A. This receptacle need not, however, be upon the front of thecase or 5 shell, as it might be arranged upon the top thereof, or uponthe under side of a flap, O, with which the case or shell is providedupon its exterior. The arrangement which I have shown is, however, aconvenient one for my purpose.

Adjacent to the receptacle 13, preferably beneath it, I place materialfor igniting matches to be contained in the receptacle. Iprefer that thematches employed shall be what are termed safety matches, and thematerial upon which they are to be ignited shall be a complementarymaterial for igniting that kind of matches.

The flap C, as here shown, is a part of the case or shell-that is tosay, the case or shell and the flap are made in one integral piece.

The paper or other material of which the case or shell is constructed isfirst bent round the former, so as to form a rectangular structure, andone of its ends, 15, is turned under and secured by glue, paste, orother suitable adhesive material to the back 2 of the case proper. Theflap 0 forms, in effect, a continuation of the portion forming the backof the box or case, and is of such length that it may be folded downover the front of the box or case, and so as to cover the receptacle forthe matches, as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. Of course the flap 0 mightbe made separate from the box or case and secured thereto by paste orother suitable adhesive material, if desirable, and it may be secured atthe front instead of at the back, as shown. The advantage of the flap isthat it at all times thoroughly protects the matches contained in thereceptacle from rubbing, and, consequently, from accidental ignition, ifother than sulphur or'safety matches are used. It also protects thematches to a very large extent from dampness. It further operates toretain the matches 7 within the receptacle, so that they will not beaccidentally moved out of the same.

D designates a receptacle for tobacco-as, for instance, cigarettes-whichis adapted to be contained within the case or shell A. It is in formsubstantially like that of the case, and is provideddown its back sidewith an opening, a, adapted to be closed by a flap, a, forming part ofthe material of which the receptacle D is composed, and extending downover the opening a.

By my improvement I provide a means of packing tobacco-such as cigars,cigarettes, or smoking-tobacco togcther with a means for ignitingthesame when desired, and also means 0 for effectively protecting theigniting material from injury or loss, and withal in such a manner thatthe matches or other igniting material may be readily reached. Instructure it is cheap, simple, and effective, and where 5 safety matchesare used may be readily sold as an article of commerce and transportedwithout fear of accidental combustion or damage by fire resultingtherefrom.

\Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The combination, with a case or shell provided upon its exterior witha flap, of a upon the outside of the case or shell and [O receptacle formatches outside said case or adaptcd to be covered by said flap, and areshell, adapted to be covered by said flap, and ceptacle for tobaccocontained within the case a receptacle for tobacco contained within theor shell, but wholly independent thereof, subcase OL shell, but whollyindependent thereof, stantially as specified.

substantially as specified. JO] [N G. PIERSON.

2. The combination, with a case or shell "Witnesses: comprising a flap,the whole being made in D. II. DRISUOLL,

one integral piece, of a receptacle for matches M. J. ROACII.

